Dr. Mei Cao

Associate Professor, Transportation & Logistics & Director, School of Business and Economics

Dr. Mei Cao is a researcher for the Transportation and Logistics Research Center and is also associate professor in and co-chair of the Department of Business and Economics at UW-Superior. She publishes and presents research on subjects including supply chain collaboration, visual analytics and data mining applications, and manufacturing flexibility, and also serves as a research reviewer for industry journals.

Dr. Cao is on sabbatical until June 2016.

Positions

Instructor/Asst Professor: Dept. of Computer and Information Technology, Arkansas State Univ., 2004-2007Lecturer: Department of International Business and Management, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China, 1991-1997

Relevant Publications

Journal Papers

"Supply Chain Collaboration: Conceptualization and Instrument Development", accepted for publication by International Journal of Production Research, 2009, with Vonderembse, M., Zhang, Q., and Ragu-Nathan, T

"Supply Chain Collaborative Advantage: A Firm's Perspective", Proceedings of theIEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, Beijing, China, October 12-15, 2008, with Zhang, Q.

"Investigation of Integration Practices Impact on Manufacturing Flexibility and Competitive Advantage", Accepted for Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Phoenix, AZ, November 17-20, 2007, with Zhang, Q. and Vonderembse, M. A.

"Impact of Integration Practices on Manufacturing Flexibility and Customer Satisfaction", Proceedings of theAnnual Meeting of the INFORMS Society on Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM), Beijing, China, June 18-19, 2007, with Zhang, Q.

"Impact of Infusion ofTechnologyand Learning on Manufacturing Flexibility and Customer Satisfaction: An Empirical Examination", Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, San Antonio, TX, November 18-21, 2006, with Zhang, Q. and Vonderembse, M. A.

"Measuring LogisticsFlexibility: A Confirmatory LISREL Analysis", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Service Operations, Logistics, and Informatics, Beijing, China, August 10-12, 2005, with Zhang, Q.

"Web Services and VirtualCommunities", Proceedings of the International Conference on Services Systems and Services Management, Chongqing, China, June 13-15, 2005, with Zhang, Q.

"The Impact of IT LearningCapabilitieson Computer-Mediated Engineering Work", Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Decision SciencesInstitute, Boston, MA, November 22-25, 2004, with Doll, W. and Deng, X.

"Advanced Manufacturing TechnologyInducedFlexible Manufacturing Competencies: The Role of Improvement Practices", Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Washington, D.C., November 22-25, 2003, with Zhang, Q. and Vonderembse, M. A.

"Product Concept and PrototypeFlexibility: Implications for Customer Satisfaction", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute, Shanghai, China, July 04-08, 2003, with Zhang, Q. and Vonderembse, M. A.

"Factors Affecting the Attractiveness of E-CommerceWebsite", Proceedings of the 6th World MultiConference on Systemics, Cybernetics, & Informatics, Orlando, FL, July 14-17, 2002, with Zhang, Q.

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

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Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

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Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

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Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

This class is closed for enrollment.

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Business Computer Applications

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

This class is closed for enrollment.

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Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

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Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

B07

3.00

Online

2 of 5 open

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

B07

3.00

Online

2 of 8 open

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

This class is closed for enrollment.

B07

3.00

Online

0 of 7 open

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

B07

3.00

Online

4 of 5 open

Business Alliance online Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline Friday, January 20, 2017. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No permission needed. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the School of Business and Economics if you have any questions.

UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline August 22, 2016. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions.

This class is closed for enrollment.

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Online

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UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline August 22, 2016. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions.

UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline August 22, 2016. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions.

This class is closed for enrollment.

B07

3.00

Online

0 of 5 open

UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline August 22, 2016. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions.